Official Cup

KLEANTHIS VIKELIDIS
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Denis Ştercă started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sorin Gurgui came free, but Danny Verstraete reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eustratios Geropanagiotis's late challenge caught a Chevaliers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eustratios Geropanagiotis helped the player get up and apologised. Eustratios Geropanagiotis kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th minute, Augustin Ţopescu made a precise shot to the right of Danny Verstraete. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Danny Verstraete made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sorin Gurgui in the 18th minute of play. Sorin Gurgui took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Danny Verstraete. Danny Verstraete dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Chevalier in the 24th minute of play forced ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goalkeeper Danny Verstraete to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dorin Goiano scored 0-4 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Danny Verstraete, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Giannis Fetfatzidis got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After 33 played minutes ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Paschalis Aggeliadis. 33 minutes into the match, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Augustin Ţopescu came free, but Danny Verstraete reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Chris Chevalier left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chevaliers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Ion Cinteză took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Achilleas Stelakoglou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Chevaliers FC were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Michail Panagidis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 59th minute, Emanuel Ivănescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 65 minutes into the game, Dimitris Alexopoulos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chevaliers FC the free kick. The supporters of Chevaliers FC booed when ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimitris Alexopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Denis Ştercă got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chris Chevalier got free with Danny Verstraete in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Danny Verstraete showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Chevalier in the 81st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chris Chevalier got free with Danny Verstraete in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 93 minutes into the match, Pantelis Iordanakos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ion Cinteză. Chevaliers FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pantelis Iordanakos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. When the final whistle sounded Chevaliers FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C..